[ad_1] WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As he bid farewell to Washington in January 2021, deeply unpopular and diminished, Donald Trump was already hinting at a comeback. “Goodbye. We love you. We will be back in some form,” Trump told supporters at Joint Base Andrews, where he’d arranged a 21-gun salute as part of a […]
[ad_1] Republican David McCormick defeated Democratic Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press, marking an upset that saw a former CEO of a hedge fund giant trounce a scion of a political dynasty in a year defined by appeals to the working class. McCormick’s victory effectively gives Wall Street a Senate seat […]
[ad_1] BUDAPEST, Hungary — Around 50 European leaders on Thursday called for a stronger defense posture across the continent that no longer necessitates a fundamental dependence on Washington as they gave a guarded welcome to incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. The European Political Community summit on Thursday in Hungary’s capital Budapest reassessed trans-Atlantic relations in […]
[ad_1] Four years ago, Fox News precipitated an internal crisis with a bold election night call that President Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the crucial state of Arizona. This year illustrated the difference that four years can make. Fox News wasn’t the first network early on Wednesday to declare Trump had sealed his […]
[ad_1] In the end, it didn’t take all that long to declare that Donald Trump was returning to the White House. In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic and an unusual number of mail ballots complicated the counting process, Joe Biden was declared the winner by The Associated Press and other media outlets just before noon […]
[ad_1] VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia. The former president and Republican nominee claimed upon landing in Valdosta that President Joe Biden was “sleeping” and not responding to […]
[ad_1] The presidential campaign comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day. Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. Donald Trump plans four rallies in three […]
[ad_1] Millions of immigrants are coming to the U.S. from foreign prisons and mental institutions. Immigrants are raising U.S. crime rates. Immigrants are ruining Social Security. Noncitizens are illegally voting in federal elections. Immigrants are taking U.S. jobs. That is just a sampling of the false and misleading immigration claims former President Donald Trump has […]
[ad_1] ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates opened its annual oil-and-gas summit on Monday as it plans to increase the country’s energy output as global prices stay volatile and world politics remain uncertain ahead of the U.S. presidential election. The massive Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference comes after the […]
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day. Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes […]
[ad_1] MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was treated by paramedics Sunday after appearing to become unsteady at a campaign rally for congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson. Ivey’s office said the governor had gotten dehydrated and is recovering after being treated with fluids. Ivey, 80, was attending a Sunday evening campaign rally for Dobson at […]
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday declined to say how she voted on a key ballot measure in her home state of California that would reverse criminal justice reforms approved in recent years. Harris punted on a question about the ballot initiative in comments to reporters while campaigning in the battleground state of Michigan. […]
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the presidential election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open. The first lines the candidate spoke as she sat across from Rudolph, their outfits identical, were […]
[ad_1] On election night 2020, then-President Donald Trump prematurely declared hours after polls had closed, “We already have won.” He hadn’t, and we rated that Pants on Fire. When Trump began to speak in the early morning of Nov. 4, at 2:21 a.m. ET, states were still following normal procedures to count ballots. It was […]
[ad_1] CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldovans cast votes in a decisive presidential runoff Sunday that pits pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu against a Russia-friendly opponent, as ongoing claims of voter fraud, electoral interference, and intimidation threaten democracy in the European Union candidate country. In the first round held Oct. 20, Sandu obtained 42% of the ballot but […]
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — No one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days later is much easier to predict: With inflation continuing to cool, the Fed is set to cut interest rates for a second time this year. The presidential contest might still be unresolved when the Fed […]
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — No one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days later is much easier to predict: With inflation continuing to cool, the Fed is set to cut interest rates for a second time this year. The presidential contest might still be unresolved when the Fed […]
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before a consequential ballot the week after the presidential election. But their pitches are mostly behind closed doors, and most GOP senators won’t yet say which lawmaker they […]
[ad_1] SCRANTON, Pa. — President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace in Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop Saturday for Vice President Kamala Harris and again let loose — offering the kind of unfiltered political sentiments that have become fairly common in recent weeks. Biden slammed Harris’ rival, former Republican President Donald Trump, and his […]
[ad_1] In the week before Election Day, former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his supporters that voter fraud and cheating is happening in Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania is cheating, and getting caught, at large scale levels rarely seen before,” Trump posted Oct. 30 on Truth Social. “REPORT CHEATING TO AUTHORITIES. Law Enforcement must act, NOW!” Law enforcement […]
